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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9162417 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2013

Method of manufacturing a structure

Applicant:

Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;

Inventors:

Alex Iliopoulos, Bristol, GB;

John Flood, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;

Attorney:

Hauptman Ham, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Michael N Orlando

Assistant Examiner:

Joshel Rivera

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64C 3/26 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29K 707/04 (2006.01); B29K 709/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/263 (2013.01); B64C 3/185 (2013.01); B64C 3/26 (2013.01); B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29K 2707/04 (2013.01); B29K 2709/08 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01); B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 1/26 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24612 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a structure, the method comprising: forming a panel assembly by bonding a stack of thickness control plies of composite material to a laminar composite panel, the stack of thickness control plies having a first edge proximate an edge of the laminar composite panel, a second edge opposite the first edge, and a ramp where the thickness of the stack of thickness control plies decreases towards the first or second edge; measuring the thickness of the laminate composite panel or the panel assembly; controlling the number of thickness control plies in accordance with the measured thickness; attaching a first component to the panel assembly, the first component having a surface which engages the laminar composite panel and a ramp which engages the ramp in the stack of thickness control plies; and attaching the laminar composite panel at or near its edge to a further component.

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